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SI'LAS` SCHOFIELD, 0F PLAIN VILLE, MASSACHUSETTS. Letters Patent No. 69,845, dated October 15, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN 'TATTING-SHUTTLE.

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TO ALL WHOM IT' MAY CON CERN d State of Massachusetts, Shuttle; -and I do hereby declare that the folenable' those skilled in the art to make and use forming part of this speciication.

a key or crank, thereby greatly facilitating the operation, as will be hereinafter described.

Figure 1 represents a s ide view of the shuttle with the holder attached, and

Figure is a sectional 'edge view of thevsame, showin the holder in the process of winding the thread, the section being through the line :am of iig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Ais the shuttle, B is the holder, and Gis the crank. d is the centre of the shuttle. The-sides( of the shuttle are raised or bossed on the outside,'asfseen in the drawing, with holes of 4any suitable shape and size V"passing through the boss. The handle is a spring-clasp, with holes through the ends, which fit on to the bossed.

sides of the shuttle, as seen in the drawing. The spring of the handle or clasp keeps it in place on the shuttle vwhen it is in use. The end of the crank C is made to fit the hole through the`shutt1e, so that, by slipping ou as may be desired, as the When the winding is completed eady for use. The centre or eye centre may be a solid piece,` with a square or certain material (as wood or horn) the shuttle the handle is slipped oil` the shuttle, thecrank is removed, and the shuttle is r of -the shuttle is a ring, to which the sides are attached. 'This other shaped hole through it, and when the shuttle is made of maybe formed of one piece.

I do not confine myself to a particular material, nor to any particular manner of constructing the shuttle, but what I claim, and desire to secure kby Letters Patent, is-

1. A tatting-shuttle, provided with a detachable handle or holder B, substantially as and for the purposel specied. K

2. A tatting-shuttle, provided with mechanical means for winding the thread upon it, substantially as hereinl 3. In combination with: the shuttle A, the holder B, crank C, and the crank-bolt z', the 'whole arranged substantially as and for the purpose specified.

s SILAS SCHOFIELD.

Witnesses: v

SAMUEL WARNER MARY E. WARNER.

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